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That's the theory, but I notice he turned down a mining man who wanted to get him to run him into the hills on Monday. Said he hadn't time. The showfer biz is a bluff, looks like." The nester made no answer. His eyes, narrowed to slits, were gazing out of the window absently. Presently he came from deep thought to ask Yeager to hand him the map he would find in his inside coat pocket.
The automobile was waiting for the bunch with the showfer, and took them out the old Fort Lincoln Road. Dixon knows where the gold is hidden, and is going to show the boys." "That clears up everything, then. I judge we've made a pretty thorough gather." Jim looked up and indistinctly saw the lovers coming slowly down through the grove.
"Who is he?" "He's what they call a showfer. He runs one o' these automobiles; takes parties out in it." "Been here long? Looks kind o' like a tinhorn gambler." "Not long. He's thick with some of you Malpais gents. I've seen him with Healy a few." "Oh, with Healy."
They had found, in a suit case, a black mask, a pair of torn and shiny chaps, a gray shirt, a white, dusty sombrero, much the worse for wear, and over three hundred dollars in bills. "What does he pretend his business is?" Keller asked, when Jim had finished. "Allows he's a showfer. Drives folks around in a gasoline wagon.
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